From:
[Sir] R[ichard] Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.159
Summary:
Receives copy of JH's Light. Invites him to Birmingham.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Receives copy of JH's Light. Invites him to Birmingham.
Details forgery case on which JH gave legal advice.
Understands his intellectual pursuits. Gives address of his son [Adelaide].
Sends [F. G. W.] Struve's observations on William Herschel's double stars because of JH's expressed interest in the work.
Asks that list of errata be published before a committee meets to investigate 'the subject of Mr. Lee's [?] animadversions.'
Regarding the affairs of the R.S.L. and JH's intentions.